A team led by researchers at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Medical Center analyzed C. difficile rates among 46 hospitals in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network between July 1, 2019, and ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now investigating the link between offices, such as medical and dental clinics, and the Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, bacteria. C. diff ...

If confirmed, the downtrend would mark a change of course as C. diff rates climbed each year from 2000 to 2010. “Preliminary analyses suggest a 9 to 15 percent decrease in healthcare [C. diff] ...

Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after their deadly fumbling on Ebola and measles, new data show the agency vastly underestimated ...

As Clifford McDonald, MD, senior author of the study, tells HealthLeaders Media: the data "should prompt more aggressive interventions by all healthcare facilities, especially with regard to more ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped a bombshell Wednesday, releasing a study that said 29,000 deaths were associated with the gut-dwelling super bug Clostridium difficile. The new ...

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2014. Tami Chappell The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is ...

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Only Xenex Room Disinfection System is Proven to Destroy C.diff in 5 Minutes or Less SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, ongoing ...